Role Summary
Honeywell sees tremendous potential in the Indian market and is committed to accelerating its revenue in the region through an “East for East” (E4E) strategy—developing products for India, in India, to meet the unique needs of this rapidly growing market.
The E4E technology leader will be at the forefront of this initiative, driving the ideation, development, and execution of India-focused technological solutions. This role is designed to address the specific challenges and opportunities of the Indian market by creating innovative products that align with customer needs across Honeywell’s key business verticals—Industrial Automation, Building Automation and Energy & Sustainability Solutions.
This position will play a critical role in shaping Honeywell’s success in India by bridging market insights with Honeywell’s technology capabilities, developing a strong pipeline of New Product Introductions (NPIs), and enabling sustainable growth for the region. This role will act as an anchor to lead cross-functional collaboration between engineering, offering, marketing and sales teams.
Key Responsibilities
1. Develop the East for East (E4E) technology vision:
- Develop deep perspective on evolving automation/energy transition needs in key growth areas in the country, such as new energies, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure (railways/ metros, logistics networks), smart buildings.
- Partner with India business leaders and Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS) teams to tap into their insights and experience on key technology trends, customer needs, the company’s current technological capabilities and roadmaps.
- Develop a cohesive vision of E4E technology portfolio to serve the identified, high-impact market needs. Drive organizational alignment and execution momentum behind the vision.
2. Convert vision into an NPIs pipeline, drive execution
- Translate high level vision into E4E NPI programs, working closely with cross-functional teams to drive concept-to-commercialization cycles effectively.
- Continuously align NPIs with customer feedback, ensuring market readiness and commercial success.
- Enable and leverage various business models – products / services / projects and software as deemed appropriate, to fulfil customer needs and drive market penetration
- Run an MOS (Management Operating System) with the engineering teams to ensure successful execution.
3. Radiate India technology landscape expertise to the rest of Honeywell organization
- Leverage closeness to India market, one of the most dynamic growth regions for Honeywell, to become a subject matter expert on emerging technologies and their implications for our target markets globally, including digital transformation, IoT, and sustainability solutions etc.
- Act as custodian of competitor intelligence related to technology focus/ strengths/ weaknesses of our key competitors and upcoming start-ups in India.
- Generate insights about potential partnership and acquisition targets, specially for assets with significant footprint in India, and with differentiated capabilities in IoT, software etc. where the speed of innovation and deployment in India often leads the rest of the world.
- Radiate expertise and insights to global Honeywell technology community to contribute to Honeywell global technology roadmap development.
4. Build strategic partnerships:
- Identify opportunities to co-innovate and ideate with customers that will address specific and generic requirements for customer/industry
- Build partnerships with local startups, academia, government, and industry stakeholders to support Honeywell innovation programs and ideation pipeline.
5. Build industry thought leadership
- Represent Honeywell at external forums, driving thought leadership to shape India’s technology and innovation landscape and to strengthen Honeywell’s positioning within it.
6. Develop people, foster a market-driven and technology forward innovation culture:
- Establish and sustain a culture of innovation rooted in market-centric thinking through Honeywell technology organization.
- Mentor and develop talent on both technology and business side to better understand and appreciate the interplay of business insights and deep technology understanding to develop market-leading offerings.
Role set-up
This position is embedded as a part of the India E4E team, which also includes offering managers dedicated to each of the business groups, i.e, Building Automation, Industrial Automation and Energy and Sustainability Solutions. It is a small team with “heavy hitters” who drive the E4E innovation agenda through collaboration with Business and Technology teams. The position will have reporting line to E4E India leader (who reports to President. Honeywell India) and dotted reporting line to Honeywell Technology Solutions India leader (who reports to global leader, HTS)
The E4E India model has been tremendously successful in the past. It is a 100M$ P&L today, and we aim to grow it to 300M$ by 2027. The person coming into this role will have the advantage and support of this existing, high-performing machinery, and will own the responsibility to shape it for the next phase of super-charged growth. This person will be a key contributor to Honeywell’s growth in India, ensuring E4E initiatives result in tangible business outcomes.
Desired Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or a related field).15+ years of experience in product development, with a proven track record of delivering India-focused solutions from ideation to commercialization.Strong understanding of Indian market, including customer behavior, regulatory environments, and emerging trends.Exceptional cross-functional leadership and people leadership and development skillsStrong business acumen with the ability to anticipate customer needs and technology trends in India.Preferred:
Advanced degree in Engineering; an MBA is a plus.Experience in a multicultural and multi-site business environment, with exposure to both local and global teams.Expertise in Agile development methodologies and rapid innovation cycles.Demonstrated success in building strategic partnerships and collaborating with external stakeholders.Additional InformationJOB ID: HRD259214Category: EngineeringLocation: Devarabisanahalli Village, KR Varturhobli,,East Taluk - Phase I,Bangalore,KARNATAKA,560103,IndiaExemptEngineering (EMEA)